LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
CITY OF BURBANK COUNCIL MEETING 7/25/2023
THESE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY IN SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS
• AB-7 -Transportation: planning: project selection processes: Codifies guiding principles for our state transportation planning and guideline processes, and requires transparency for how the state is achieving these principles.
• AB-8 -Ticket sellers: Protect consumers against deceptive and anticompetitive marketplace practices that make it increasingly difficult for consumers to purchase and use tickets for live events
• AB-645 - Vehicles: speed safety system pilot program: Implements policy recommendations from the California Transportation Agency as outlined in the Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force by providing for the use of automated cameras to manage speed.
THESE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY IN SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS -- CONTINUED
• AB-867 - Foster youth: Ensures that the youth has the necessary documents, information, and services needed for their transition beyond age 21 • AB-1059 - Product safety: consumer products: textile fiberglass and covered flame- retardant chemicals: Prohibits the sale and distribution in California of juvenile products, mattresses, and upholstered furniture that contains fiberglass. • AB-1250 - Department of Transportation: low-carbon materials: Better informs the Legislature of Agency efforts to lower the carbon impact of materials used in state transportation projects
THESE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY IN SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS -- CONTINUED
• AB-1322 - Pesticides: second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide: diphacinone:
California Ecosystems Protection Act of 2023 aims to place greater restrictions on some of the most dangerous rodenticides
• AB-1377 - Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program: Round 3:
Provides additional accountability measures needed to ensure that local agencies are working in close coordination with transit operators to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness
• AB-1399 – Vet medicine: veterinarian-client-patient relationship: telehealth:
Makes veterinary care more accessible for all California pet-owners
THESE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY IN SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS -- CONTINUED
• AB-1572 - Potable water: nonfunctional turf: Helps California businesses and communities save both water and money, and transition to sustainable alternatives that can keep landscapes beautiful.
• AB-1573 - Water conservation: landscape design: model ordinance: Creates new requirements for low-water native plant landscaping on nonresidential properties as a replacement for non-functional turf.
THESE THREE BILLS ARE CURRENTLY ON
THE SENATE FLOOR
• AB - 496 Cosmetic safety: Prohibits the sale in California of cosmetics containing any one of 26 carcinogens, reproductive toxins, and endocrine disruptors that the EU has banned from cosmetics sold in its nations beginning on January 1, 2027 • AB - 1017 Engineering and traffic surveys: equestrian safety: Permits all jurisdictions traffic engineers to take into account equestrian safety when setting speed limits. • AB - 1132 Solar energy systems: permit fees: Purpose of this is to make solar installation costs reasonable and consistent, and to continue the growth of solar across the state.
SECURED FUNDING FOR THE FOLLOWING:
• $100,000 for Burbank Armenian Y outh Center
• $65k Roof Repair
• $35k Security Systems
• $1.5 million for Burbank McCambridge Pool Restoration • Last year, I secured over $5 million for Burbank to fund infrastructure and safety improvements.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR LEGISLATIVE
COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE:
District Office:
300 East Magnolia Boulevard
Suite 504
Burbank, CA 91502
T el: (818) 558-3043
Fax: (818) 558-3042
[email protected]